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We know we’re all being analyzed eight ways to Sunday, but it’s in poor taste to remind us of that. A local bicycle club sent an email saying essentially “we know who’s been opening these club emails and who hasn’t. We’re watching you!” Guess who’s not a member of that club anymore?

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Yeah, it's cat.jpg all over again, yet on an even more personal dataset. You'd think it would be obvious by now that this is a faux pas.

For anyone, like me, who is not familiar with the cat.jpg faux pas:

https://signalvnoise.com/posts/3078-trust-is-fragile

I think cperciva's post on the issue is also worth reading: http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2012-01-19-playing-chicken-w...

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